edit: Sources say the player is Jovan Belcher. Police have yet to confirm.

An unnamed Kansas City Chiefs player has committed suicide at the team facility and authorities are on the scene, the police confirmed to ESPN on Saturday morning.

Local reports say police are operating with the belief the player fatally shot his girlfriend at a house before driving to Arrowhead Stadium and killing himself at around 8 a.m local time. The Associated Press reported the player's age to be 25.

"We can confirm that there was an incident at Arrowhead earlier this morning," the Chiefs said in a statement. "We are cooperating with authorities in their investigation."

There were no other injuries at the team facility, police said.

The Chiefs (1-10) were preparing to host the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

The NFL has told the Panthers to travel as planned to Kansas City on Saturday, the Charlotte Observer has reported, citing interim general manager Brandon Beane.

Every time I get in this thread or the original one and start reading I start crying.
Tomorrow is going to be a long day.
When you've been a Chief fan since 1973 and it has literally consumed you things like this take it's toll.

I consider myself an emotional person, and I haven't come remotely close to choking up.

What about the NATIONAL advertisers that paid for Monday night's Primetime programming? What about the advertisers that paid for REGIONAL advertising?

What about lost viewership for ESPN?

There are at least 20 issues that would have to be considered before such a move, especially considering the move would be made because of a murderer.

Lost viewership for ESPN? If the game was moved to Monday night, it would be aired only in the KC and Charlotte markets on the local FOX affiliates. The rest of the country would be completely unaffected. I can't imagine that's going to wreck a Giants/Skins game.

Sure the advertisers for the primetime programming in those markets would lose out, but that's no different than when you have wall-to-wall weather coverage or breaking news or a variety of things that happen more frequently than you think. Like I said, it's not ideal, but it's not the end of the world.

Man, the fact that emails between you and the owner even exist and the fact that you needed a sabbatical demonstrates that you take this internet stuff far too seriously, and that you really aren't in a position to tell anyone else that they're getting "wound up".

**** knows what was in the emails. The suggestion was that you got upset because you weren't being respected enough, or something equally hilarious and pathetic. It seems entirely plausible, given how sensitive you are to even a hint of disagreement.

You can post the emails yourself, but you won't, because they'd demonstrate you to be a little girl.

Lost viewership for ESPN? If the game was moved to Monday night, it would be aired only in the KC and Charlotte markets on the local FOX affiliates. The rest of the country would be completely unaffected. I can't imagine that's going to wreck a Giants/Skins game.

It doesn't matter what you think. Just as with the Minnesota game a few years back, the game was moved to Tuesday. ESPN has contractual rights.

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Originally Posted by tk13

Sure the advertisers for the primetime programming in those markets would lose out, but that's no different than when you have wall-to-wall weather coverage or breaking news or a variety of things that happen more frequently than you think. Like I said, it's not ideal, but it's not the end of the world.

Acts Of God (weather) are far different than a pre-planned move because of murder.

You're either not aware of all of the ramifications or you're not thinking this through to its conclusion.

Man, the fact that emails between you and the owner even exist and the fact that you needed a sabbatical demonstrates that you take this internet stuff far too seriously, and that you really aren't in a position to tell anyone else that they're getting "wound up".

**** knows what was in the emails. The suggestion was that you got upset because you weren't being respected enough, or something equally hilarious and pathetic. It seems entirely plausible, given how sensitive you are to even a hint of disagreement.

You can post the emails yourself, but you won't, because they'd demonstrate you to be a little girl.

You're completely ****ing clueless about the situation, so go ahead and continue to talk out of your stupid fat ass.

Every time I get in this thread or the original one and start reading I start crying.
Tomorrow is going to be a long day.
When you've been a Chief fan since 1973 and it has literally consumed you things like this take it's toll.